computer error

1. 1.

   (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

   Synonymserror

   Broaderhappening

   Narrowerhardware errorsoftware erroralgorithm error

   computer science

Questions about computer error

What does computer error mean?

computer error means "(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer".

What is another word for computer error?

Close synonyms include error. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is computer error a common word?

computer error is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.